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Helen Rogers Wylie

Helen Rogers Wylie

Aug 24, 2010

Mrs. Helen Rogers Wylie, age 59 of 2116 Floyd Church Road, Lexington, NC died Tuesday, August 24. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday at High Rock Baptist Church on Bringle-Ferry Road conducted by Rev. Trevor Foster. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will see friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Saturday at Briggs...

Donna Marie Downing

Donna Marie Downing

Aug 18, 2010

Donna Marie Downing, 85, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living in Candor. A Rosary Service will be 2:30 PM Saturday at Briggs-Candor Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Downing was born in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Ben and Peg Dawson. She and her family moved from Iowa to Riverside, California. Donna met and married Dominic Luc. She...

Helen Yates

Helen Yates

Aug 12, 2010

Helen Loflin Yates, 87, of W. Noell Ave., Denton died Thursday, August 12, 2010 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Sunday at Bethel Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Gerald Ward and Rev. Ron Nichols. Interment will follow at the Denton Town Cemetery. Mrs. Yates was born August 6, 1923 in Randolph County to Julius Laughlin and...

Beatrice "Bea" Lambeth Beane

Beatrice "Bea" Lambeth Beane

Aug 10, 2010

Beatrice “Bea” Lambeth Beane, 94, formerly of Garner Rd., died Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Mountain Vista Health Park. A graveside service will be 11:30 AM Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 at First Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. James Cooper officiating. Born in Davidson County on August 25, 1915, she was the daughter of Walter John and El Dora Byerly Lambeth....

Mary Russell

Mary Russell

Jul 21, 2010

Mrs. Mary Ann Russell, age 73 of Crow Creek Road, Denton, NC died Wednesday, July 21 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, July 24 at New Hope United Methodist Church with Rev. Joe Conley, Rev. J. Harold Hammond and Rev. Edward Tapper. Burial will follow in the Church...

Von Thomas Garner

Von Thomas Garner

Jul 19, 2010

Von Thomas Garner, age 79 of Ebel Church Rd., Denton died Monday, July 19 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Friday, July 23 at Siloam United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Sandy Young, Rev. Claudie Harrison, and Rev. Jamie Draughn. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Garner was born March...

Betty Floyd Rhodes

Betty Floyd Rhodes

Jul 15, 2010

Mrs. Betty Wall Floyd Rhodes, age 87, of Lexington died Thursday, July 15 at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. Funeral service for Mrs. Rhodes will be 3:00 pm Sunday, July 18 at Floyd Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Dickens officiating. The body will lie in state prior to the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will...

John (Bill) William Swaim

John (Bill) William Swaim

Jul 13, 2010

Mr. John William (Bill) Swaim, age 72 of Ross Wood Road, Trinity, NC died Tuesday, July 13 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, July 16 at High Rock Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Ray Swaney and Rev. Jody Harrison. Burial will follow at Pierce’s Chapel Primitive Baptist Church. Mr. Swaim was...

Edith Cain Wells

Edith Cain Wells

Jul 9, 2010

Edith Loflin (Cain) Wells, died July 9, 2010. She was 92 years old. She was born in the Handy Community to Daniel Walter (D.W.) Loflin and Myrtle Troy (Harrison) Loflin. Edith was widowed twice. Her first husband, John W. Cain, died in 1965 and both children from that marriage, Paul Cain and Pauline Cain McElyea are deceased. Amos (Jack) Wells,...

Dorothy Gurley Hartsoe

Dorothy Gurley Hartsoe

Jul 7, 2010

Mrs. Dorothy Belle Gurley Hartsoe, age 79, of Eastside Drive, Denton died Wednesday, July 7 at Hinkle Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Funeral service will be 11:00 am Saturday, July 10 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Vern Peterson officiating. Burial will be 4:00 pm Saturday at Eastview Cemetery in Newton. Visitation will be from 6 to...

Charles Bruton

Charles Bruton

Jul 3, 2010

Mr. Charles Glenn Bruton, Jr. age 74 of Pendale Road, Charlotte and formerly of Candor died Saturday, July 3 at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, NC Graveside service will be held Monday, July 5 at 2:30 PM at Candor Town Cemetery conducted by Rev. Pat Sykes Mr. Bruton was born May 23, 1936 in Montgomery County to Charles Glenn Bruton,...

Isaac Dickerson

Isaac Dickerson

Jul 2, 2010

Isaac James (Zooker) Dickerson age 37, of NC HWY 49 Denton died Friday, July 2, 2010 at Forsyth Medical Center. A memorial service will be held 12:00 PM on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at New Beginning Church in Denton conducted by Rev. Terri Cook. Following the service Isaac’s ashes will be scattered at his favorite lakes. Mr. Dickerson was born...

Ellen Hulin Flannery

Ellen Hulin Flannery

Jun 30, 2010

Mrs. Ellen Jacquelene Hulin Small Flannery, age 78, of Carillon Assisted Living in Asheboro died Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at Randolph Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Friday, July 2 at Pierce’s Chapel Primitive Baptist Church by Rev. Jeff Freeman. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00...

Virgil Lee Pierce

Virgil Lee Pierce

Jun 27, 2010

Mr. Virgil Lee Pierce, age 75 of Harris Lane, Lexington died Sunday, June 27 at Lexington Memorial Hospital. Funeral service for Mr. Pierce will be 4:00 pm Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at Silver Valley Baptist Church with Rev. Gene Little officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Pierce was born July 12, 1934 in Davidson County...

Thelma Russell

Thelma Russell

Jun 23, 2010

Miss Thelma Della Russell age 100 of Flat Swamp Road, Denton, NC died Wednesday, June 23 at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 26 at First Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Vern Peterson. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Miss Russell was born December 20, 1909 in Davidson County...

Ronnie Hulin

Ronnie Hulin

Jun 21, 2010

Mr. Ronnie Lee Hulin, age 53 of Denton died Monday, June 21 at Thomasville Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 PM Wednesday, June 23 at True Worship Church. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 PM Thursday, June 24 at Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery conducted by Rev. Norman Henderson and Rev. Mike Irby. The...

Robert Max Potter

Robert Max Potter

Jun 20, 2010

Robert Max Potter, age 70 of Hwy. 109 South, Denton died Sunday, June 20 at Thomasville Medical Center following a sudden illness. A Memorial Service will be held here in Denton at a later date. The body will be sent to Massachusetts for burial. Mr. Potter was born January 27, 1940 in Gardener, Maine to Max Ellery and Eleanor Frances...

Dianne Oleschuk

Dianne Oleschuk

Jun 19, 2010

Dianne F. Vogt Oleschuk, 62, of Whiskey Rd., Candor died Saturday, June 19 at her residence. Memorial services will be private. Mrs. Oleschuk was born October 12, 1947 in New York to John J. Vogt, Sr. and Helen Gessex Vogt. She was an LPN. Survivors include, husband; Victor Oleschuk of the home, son; Brian Oleschuk of Apex, brother; John J....

Clegg Covington

Clegg Covington

Jun 18, 2010

Mr. James Clegg Covington, age 89 of South Main Street Extension, Denton, NC died Friday, June 18 at his residence A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, June 21 at First United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Bill Foust. Burial with military honors by the Randolph County Honor Guard will be at Mountain View Memorial Gardens. Mr....

Willie Lewis

Willie Lewis

Jun 13, 2010

Mrs. Willie Harris Lewis, age 90, of Old NC Hwy. 109, Lexington, NC died Sunday, June 13 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, June 17 at Fairview United Methodist Church with the Rev. Doug Rowe and Elder Cleo Robertson. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will see...

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